Masjid Hassan el-Bacha

The Pasha mosque was constructed between 1796-1797 during the reign of Bey Mohamed El-Kébir, on orders of Baba Hassane the Pasha of Algiers, to commemorate the expulsion of the Spanish. French troops occupied the mosque during their invasion of Algeria. In 1833 General Desmichel returned the mosque to the Muslims, and it was restored by Napoleon III, and again in 2007 with scientific assistance from the United States.